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Linkin Park’s New Single “Catalyst” is featured on the in-game soundtrack to Medal of Honor! 

This is a behind the scenes look of a ‘Madden 2011′ commercial shoot with Ray Lewis and Mario Williams.

Drew Brees has been elected to be the victim and cover boy of the next Madden game!  We all know about the curse but that didn’t stop some fans from creating their own covers (BELOW).

Today, the NPD Group released it US retail sales figures for August, reporting  a sixth straight month of year-over-year sales declines. Software sales slipped to $470 million, down 15 percent from last year, with EA’s Madden NFL 10 on the Xbox 360 topping the chart with 928,000 units sold. According to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, Madden 10 sold nearly 1.9 million units total during the month, a figure that also includes the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, and Wii editions.

Despite that respectable showing, Madden’s sales were well off the mark they set in 2008. According to NPD’s August 2009 figures, Madden 09 on the Xbox 360 sold 1 million units, some 75,000 more than this year. PS3-edition sales slipped by about 22,000 units, falling from 665,000 to 643,000. Madden on the PS2 saw a substantial drop, going from 424,500 units in August 2008 to just 162,000 units last month.

Notably, neither the Wii nor the PSP editions of Madden 10 cracked NPD’s monthly chart. With the Wii edition of Madden 09 debuting with 115,800 units last year, the 2009 edition sold just 66,600 units on the month. The PSP installment fared worse, shifting just 44,600 units, according to the NPD Group.

Though nearly 2 million units sold in two weeks is hardly worth scoffing at, EA CEO John Riccitiello still expressed disappointment in Madden 10’s opening drive. As part of an internal memo obtained by financial news service Bloomberg, Riccitiello acknowledged Madden’s sliding sales, saying they slipped along with the overall industry trend.

“It is discouraging that one of our highest-rated and best-marketed Madden titles in years is facing strong headwinds,” he said, before noting that the overall retail climate “presents a challenge.”

SOURCE: Gamespot

These new screen shots have all of the WWE “Gaming Community” drooling all over themselves.  WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 is due out in October sometime.

SOURCE: IGN

Randy Couture, one of the most popular fighters in MMA history, will co-headline EA SPORTS MMA alongside Fedor Emelianenko.

“I have been a part of MMA for over 10 years and I am excited about the global visibility that a game like EA SPORTS MMA will bring to the sport,” said Randy Couture. “Like my fighting career, I look forward to taking on all comers in EA SPORTS MMA.”

Randy Couture, a 6′1″, 220 pound heavyweight, who currently holds a 16-9 record and is a five-time MMA champion. Couture, a living legend in the MMA world, utilizes his wrestling expertise to take down and control opponents before finishing them off with ground and pound strikes. Couture is scheduled to fight at the end of this month against former Pride World Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. In addition, this is not Couture’s first foray into the world of video games, as he was featured in EA’s Command & Conquer^TM: Red Alert^TM 3 as Commander Warren Fuller.

Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron, a high-profile fighter, joins the EA SPORTS MMA roster as well.

Hieron currently holds a 18-4 record and the Long Island native utilizes his wrestling prowess as his primary fighting style but has become a formidable striker as well. He fights out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and was the last Welterweight Champion of the International Fight League.

EA SPORTS is sponsoring three fighters in the STRIKEFORCE event, including Jay Hieron, Gegard Mousasi, and Renato Sobral.

This game is due for a September release.